WL//WH Weekly Electronic Music Tips

Weekly Electronic Music Tips // JANUARY 2025 #04-25

PICKS OF THE WEEK:

  • Disco Pastors Mix №: 026: MORAVIE

Lyon‘s DJ Moravie deftly showcases her both gloomy and alluring cinematic journey into the most hypnotic and propulsive Dark Sounds, which span from Dark Disco, Coldwave and EBM, to Techno and Darkwave with dots of Acid and beyond.

  • UK ambient /Balearic /chillout /deep house /downtempo producer Cree “Summertime (Joe Morris Dusk On The Playa Mix)” from “Altostratus” EP [Shades Of Sound Recordings]

Wonderfully soothing summery dream house sounds, seamlessly merge smooth drum programming, sophisticated hypnotic melodies, sublimely tinkly stacking piano keys, pulsating bassline grooves, and sultry female vocal clips, bringing unique deep and lush atmospheric vibes, equally alluring and danceable.

  • Ambient /Dub /Drone /Indie /Folk /Post Rock duo made up of Chicagoan songwriter Ellis Swan and Canadian multi-instrumentalist James Schimpl, aka Dead Bandit “Glass” from the upcoming third s/t album [Quindi Records]

US/Canadian duo infuses a dusty, muffled, and ephemeral cinematic ambience through an immersive dub-wise layering of sneakingly lilting, lightly tapping percussions, sandy bottom-end pulses, flimsy droning filigrees, subtly hissing, airy swelling pads and wistful gleaming inlays of echoing guitar reverberations, to sculpt a seductively spectral and mesmeric emotional landscape stirred with unfathomable mystery.

  • French ambient /halftime /tribe /drum & bass artist Solma “Reset (Terra Firma)” off of the upcoming “The Consciousness Of Plants” LP [Organic Signs]

French producer effortlessly traverses Drum & Bass, Halftime and Tribe, through a vibrant atmospheric floor of hypnotic crisp broken beats, swelling humming basslines, cloaked in fizzling exotic organic resonances and immersive haunted ambiences, to take us on a compelling and intriguing arcane sonic journey.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto and Goldmund – “A Word I Give” from V/A “For LA Vol. 2” LA fire relief fundraising compilation
  • Markus Guentner, Pepo Galán and Joachim Spieth – “Still Air” from V/A “For LA Vol.1” LA fire relief fundraising compilation
  • Californian experimental /ambient /electronic band led by Jimmy LaValle (former Locust and Tristeza), The Album Leaf – “Winter Echoes” from V/A “Love Los Angeles: A Charity Compilation in Aid of the 2025 Los Angeles Wildfires Benefiting the Mutual Aid LA Network” [Hit the North Records]
  • Uppsala, Sweden ambient /dub /experimental /electronic producer Tomas Bodén, aka Civilistjävel! “XIX (ft. Thomas Bush)” from the upcoming album “Följd” [FELT]
  • Berlin-based experimental electronic producer and songwriter Sebastian Lee Philipp‘s collaboration with Grammy Award-winning Metropole Orkest (conducted by Simon Dobson), Die Wilde Jagd & Metropole Orkest “Pan-song” from the album “Lux Tenera – A Rite To Joy” commissioned by Roadburn Festival [Bureau B]
  • Wales, UK dark ambient /drone /minimal /electronic pianist and composer Richard P John “Repose” from “Endless Song XLIV” EP
  • Japanese ambient /drone /ethereal /soundscape /electro-acoustic /guitar /electronic musician and composer, Chihei Hatakeyama “Wind From Mountains (feat. Nailah Hunter)” from the album “Lucid Dreams” [First Terrace Records / White Paddy Mountain]
  • Mc Allen, South Texas ambient /drone /field recordings /soundscape /electronic music project of musician Damien Duque, aka City Of Dawn “All Hour, Still (feat. Marisa Grijalva)” {BONUS TRACK}” from “Live at Kreative Grounds Café” live album at Kreative Grounds Café McAllen, TX, on June 22, 2024
  • Portland, OR-based Canadian–American ambient /ethereal pop artist Hollie Kenniff “Linger in Moments (feat. Christopher Willits) [Rework]” [Nettwerk]
  • Toronto, Ontario experimental /drone /field recordings /minimal /electronic artist Brad Deschamps (curator of Polar Seas and Floralia labels), Anthéne “sleight of hand” from upcoming “frailty” LP [Home Normal]
  • Phoenix, AZ ambient /drone /space music project of Michael Plaster (of 90s ethereal act soulwhirlingsomewhere), aka yttriphie “There is no sun” from the debut “An extremely slow motion explosion” LP [Projekt Records]
  • Los Angeles-based ambient /drone /electro-acoustic /soundscapes /field recordings /electronic music artist (aka Infinite Dreamer), Kevin Paczesny “Night Wind” from the album “Lost Horizons” [whitelabresc]
  • UK ambient /drone /modern classical /electro-acoustic project of Harry Towell (1/2 of Paper Relics), Glåsbird “1968” from the album “Glacial Drift” [Driftworks]
  • UK/Netherlands ambient /drone /cinematic /electronic collaboration, Winter Silhouette & Christian Alsemgeest “The Calmness of Dawn” from “Salento” EP [Mare Nostrum Label]
  • Seattle, WA ambient /drone /neo-classical musician Kyle Preston “The Night Swims Through Us” from “101 Up the Oregon Coast” EP
  • San Francisco-based ambient /atmospheric /experimental /space music sound artist Gregg Plummer “Remains” from “Remains” EP
  • Brussels, Belgium -based ambient /experimental electronica project of Maloca label head, Le Motel “Xăm Hường” from upcoming LP “Odd Numbers / Số Lẻ” [BALMAT]
  • Montreal, Québec ambient /drone /analog electronic collaboration Arbee (feat. morrow field airport) “how the end always is”
  • US/Poland ambient /drone /experimental sound artists, Bill Seaman and Monika Bugajny “alternate path, fade, story” from the collaborative album “Map Of Reflections” [Elm Records]
  • Valencia, Spain ambient /drone /dreamscape /soundscapes sound artist and Archives and Faint labels head Agustín Mena, aka Warmth “Visions” from the upcoming CD album “Revenant” [ARCHIVES]
  • Derry, Northern Ireland-based experimental electronic project of Mancunian singer, guitarist and songwriter (of Invaderband), Adam Leonard, aka A Farewell To Hexes “Zigmund”
  • Danish dark ambient /drone /noise /experimental composer and sound artist Jacob Kirkegaard “Torment” from the LP “Snow Blind” [Helen Scarsdale]
  • Italian dark ambient /drone /industrial project by Emanuele Liguori (aka Gy0, 祭司, Leik), aka Buried Marie “Darkwing 7” from “Darkwing” LP [Neotantra]
  • Valencia, Spanish dark ambient /drone /dreamscape /electronic sound project of Archives and Faint labels founder Agustín Mena (aka Warmth), aka SVLBRD “Indigo Light” from the upcoming LP “Monochrome” [ARCHIVES]
  • UK ambient /dubstep /cello /piano /breakbeat /electronic producer Felix Manuel (aka Struction), aka Djrum “A Tune For Us” single [Houndstooth]
  • Worcester, Massachusetts IDM /ambient /electronica synthesist Bastian Void – “Ifism” from V/A “Mass Eye and Ear” compilation [Spooky Tree records]
  • Nairobi, Kenya bass /dubstep /experimental electronic producer Slikback “Sea” from “Data” EP [Tempa.]
  • Lyon, France ambient /trance /breaks /tribal /dub /psych /downtempo DJ-producer alkemia – “Gewärz” from upcoming V/A “Beneath The Quiet Of The Shattered Istäcke” compilation LP [FACE Æ]
  • London-based ambient /psych /organic /dub /deep techno producer, DJ and Temple Of Sound founder Tom Wood, aka Sub Basics “Scope” from “Phase Drift” EP [Osmura]
  • Stockholm ambient /electro-acoustic /minimal techno /cross-genre electronica duo Johan Kisro and Petter Lindhagen, aka Dött ljus “Massa” from the upcoming debut “Bottna” LP [Slowcraft Records]
  • London IDM /drone /ambient /leftfield electronic producer and sound artist (guitarist in cosmic pop group Firestations), Bit Cloudy “Overdeepening (The Leaf Library Remix)”
  • Athenian ambient /experimental /dub /trance /space rock /psych /kraut /folk /eclectic electronic producer Aggelos Baltas (Dream Weapons, Fantastikoi Hxoi), aka Anatolian Weapons “Faint Objects” from “Yellow Ambient Tracks” album
  • UK ambient /cosmic /cinematic /experimental /analogue synth electronic producer Martin Jenkins, aka Pye Corner Audio “Self Synchronise (Lord Of The Isles Remix)” off the upcoming “Where Things Are Hollow: No Tomorrow” archival expanded box set collection of his “Where Things Are Hollow” series [Lapsus Records]
  • French experimental electronic producer, live performer and Microdosing label head, Julienne Dessagne, aka Fantastic Twins – “Wicked Game (Fantastic Twins Trinity Version)” a haunting reimagining in honour of the late David Lynch recorded for the Beta Biennial of Architecture
  • Danish experimental /ambient /drone /electronic project of Posh Isolation‘s Christian Stadgaard, aka Vanity Productions – “In A Purple Light” from the album “An Eternity Still” [Polymorphism]
  • Amsterdam-based ambient /psych /dubstep /house /techno Spanish producer David Iriarte (one half of Iro Aka), aka Aedis – “RTHM” from upcoming “Zevar” EP [Spectral Bounce]
  • Italian House-Techno-Dub producer from Turin, DIB “Landing Page 002.2” from the CD album “Landing Page 002” [insectorama]
  • Lisbon, Portugal-based ambient /dub /field recordings /electronic DJ-producer-label-runner-visual artist, usof “Belly” from upcoming cassette album “Stay Longer” [Theory Therapy]
  • Danish/Swedish percussive /psych /house /techno production duo Baime & Valon – “Rise Of” off “Movement of Love” EP [Ritmo Futuro]
  • German ambient /drum & bass /hypnotic /dub techno producer (aka Ahmad / Acid_Lab), aka Kodama “Simplicity” from “Simplicity” EP
  • Yerevan, Armenia dark ambient /tribal /ethnic /esoteric /dark electronica DJ-producer yutani – “The Horn” from upcoming “Dead Whales” EP [META MOTO]
  • UK experimental /industrial /stepper/ post-punk /dub collaborative project of Valentina Magaletti, Al Wootton & Susumu Mukai, aka Holy Tongue “Ambulance Dub” from “Ambulance” two-track 7” [TRULE] Bristol, UK breaks /drum & bass /percussive /experimental Hessle Audio and Timedance alumni Larry McCarthy, aka Bruce “Mimicry” from the upcoming “The Price / Mimicry” EP 7″ [Poorly Knit]
  • Indonesia experimental /tribal /percussive /downtempo producer and DIVISI62 label member, Wahono “Daun Hitam” from “Hawa Hina Dina” LP [DIVISI62]
  • Norway r&b /funk /tribal art & music collective led by Tore Gjedrem, aka Sex Judas Feat. Ricky – “In The Belly Of The Beat” from ” If Life Is Easy” EP [Playground Records]
  • West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia acid /dub /percussive /house producer Svarghi “March Westward” from “March Westward” EP [Akamady Records]
  • Athenian ambient /experimental /dub /trance /space rock /psych /kraut /folk /eclectic electronic producer Aggelos Baltas (Dream Weapons, Fantastikoi Hxoi), aka Anatolian Weapons “Pathways Part II” from “The Fight Mekanik” EP [Dance Mekanik] DMX Krew – “Wiggly Worm (Oltrefuturo Trance-A-Lento Edit)” (originally from the 2018 EP of the same name via Super Rhythm Trax) [THISBE Recordings]
  • Italian-born, London-based ambient /tribal /bass /hypnotic techno producer Andrea Bonalumi, aka Big Hands “Bacchanalia I (Al Wootton Remix)” from “Bacchanalia” EP [Vargmal Records]
  • Mexican ambient /percussive /psych /tribal /dark dubstep producer artists, RodMan – “Loomings” off upcoming V/A “Aggregate 3: Five Years of Cluster Traxx – Part 2” LP [Cluster Traxx]
  • Sheffield, UK ambient /sci-fi /techno /cosmic /electro project of electronic music producer iNF0, aka Intergalactic Mechanic “The anomaly” from the debut album “Contact Protocol”
  • Leon/Madrid, Spain ambient /IDM /electro producer Diego Cadierno (aka Cadee), Promising/Youngster “Critical” from “Flux” EP [Factor City]
  • London-based sci-fi /acid /breakbeat /electro DJ & producer EKATA “Sunrise On Mars” from upcoming “Self Destruct” EP 12″ [Tiger Weeds]
  • Switzerland-based acid /ghetto /electro /breakbeat Valencian producer Hermeth “Bababoy” from “Salt and Pepper” EP [Tripalium Corp]
  • Barcelona-based EBM /Italo disco Dj-Producer and Italo Moderni label head, Adrian Marth – “Divine On The Late Show 88″ (Legowelt Remix)” off of the upcoming EP “Labyrinth Mind” [Schrödinger’s Box]
  • Bangkok-based Russian techno /breakbeat /electro DJ-producer Artem Lastname – “On Nut” from V/A “Survivors vol.2” compilation LP [FLOWTAPE]
  • Athens, Greece industrial techno producer DΛS – “100 Knives (ANFS Remix)” off “Rude Manners” EP [Dead Svn Records]
  • Swedish dark techno /electro producer PALE PRETZEL “BIC SHAVER” from cassette album “CLUTCH THE STRAW” [Clan Destine Records]
  • Seoul-based ritual /experimental /industrial techno DJ-producer Comarobot – “241107 (Arirang Rework)” [GWI MYEON RECORDS]
  • Ontario, Canada electronic-industrial punk project of Rich Oddie (Orphx) and Dave Foster (Huren/Teste), aka O/H – “Supply Demand” from “No Contact” LP [KR3 Records]
  • French new beat /techno /dark electronics producer UVB aka Elements of Joy feat. Zanias “Vampiric Habits” off “Elements of Joy / Stave – SPLIT#4″ split LP 12″ the final release to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Greek label Pi Electronics [π]
  • Florida-based industrial /minimal wave /acid /breakbeat /electro funk producer and co-owner of Vanguard Sound, Chris Mitchell “The Price” from V/A “Anatomía del Control I” EP compilation to celebrate
    5 years of the South American label activity [Pildoras Tapes]
  • Berlin-based EBM /industrial techno DJ-producer Eve Schwarz Feat. Dolgener – “Coping Mechanism (OTTOMAN GRÜW Remix)” off upcoming “COPING MECHANISM” EP [Mutant Modality]
  • Brooklyn, NY EBM /post-industrial electronics brainchild of Fade Kainer, aka STATIQBLOOM – “Desolate” off V/A “CAGE OF FLESH II” compilation [KINDCRIME 246]
  • Brooklyn, NYC-based EBM /Body Music /Acid Techno DJ and producer Éstudy – “Watch Your Step (Magnum Opus Remix)” from the EP “Wave Of Resilience” [Wie Ein Gott Records]
  • French EBM /Cold Wave /Techno duo Vitalic & Rebeka Warrior (Sexy sushi, Mansfield.TYA), KOMPROMAT “PLAYING / PRAYING (feat. Vimala Pons)” from the album “PLAYING / PRAYING” [WARRIORECORDS]
  • Marseille, French EBM /rave /electro /techno producer Millimetric – “35286 (Back From The Wave Remix)” from “Red Paradox” EP [Space Factory]
  • Berlin-based dark disco /new wave /synthwave act of Greco-German duo Local Suicide and Bavarian producer Kalipo, Dina Summer ‘Hypnotized’ from the sophomore LP “Girls Gang” [Iptamenos Discos]
  • Berlin-based progressive house /darkwave /trance moniker of Allison Lewis (Linea Aspera, Keluar, Zanias), Serpentskin “Swallow the Flame Down” from “Serpentskin EP 1” EP [Fleisch Records]
  • Lisbon-based indie dance /house /techno DJ and producer, Anastasia Zems – “Does He Treat You Right” off V/A “PERCS.” [U’RE GUAY Rec.]
  • Italian/Slovenian post-punk /neo-trance collaboration, Amarcord & Rotor Motor – “Just A Game” single
  • 1988 classic by German synth-pop band, Cetu Javu – “Quien Lo Sabía (Calystarr Edit)” [Espacio Cielo]
  • Barcelona/Vienna based acid /breaks /tribal /psych /dark disco /indie dance collaboration between Mexican producer Luis Fernando and Austrian Belly Dance Services head honcho, Ludviq & Nick Hanzo “Pandemonium (Feat das molekuel)” off “Pandemonium” EP [Side Up Works]
  • Brussels-based acid /progressive house /trance /electronic DJ/producer DC SALAS “Galactic Pulses” off upcoming “Dreamscape” EP [Correspondant Records]
  • Berlin-based Italo disco /wave /synth-pop /indie dance artist Wowa Effect – “Pano Night (Chinaski Remix)” [Feinstoff]
  • Milan, Italian Italo disco /synthwave /Italo dance duo Italoconnection “Why? (VeGo Remix)” third single from the 2024  album “Midnight Confessions Vol. 2” [Bordello A Parigi]
  • Berlin-based new wave /Italo disco DJ-producer PCL – “I Want A Bad Girl” off V/A “Melodize 017 Compilation” [Melodize]
  • Senigallia, Italy Balearic /nu-disco producer Matteo Verdini aka Verdo “Our Love Come Back (Dub)” from “Let In The Light” EP [Hell Yeah Recordings]
  • Mexican space disco/electro-rock/indie dance duo Damo Mementto “Futturo Desconocido Feat. Anna Forest” from Damo Mementto Feat. Anna Forest “Futturo Desconocido” EP [Polaris Records]
  • “Iron far (Ilya Santana Cosmic Disco re-work)”
  • Turku, Finland Drone /Dark Ambient project Torus Dome – “Chamber Illusion” off the album “Secret Passage of the Cathedral”
  • Nottingham, UK ambient /hauntology /field recordings /experimental electronic project of Lee Pylon (DVS), AKA dogs versus shadows “Ghost Artery Part 1” from the album “Ghost Artery” [Flaming Pines]
  • Experimental /ambient /drone collaborative long-form work by the members of Leipzig‘s Adventurous Music Artist Collective (INYAN, Disorganism, 1323, Stefano Loiacono, Francis Théberge, Manuel Carbone and Signalstoerung), AMC “100” to celebrate the 100th digital release [Adventurous Music]
  • England experimental /post ambient /noise /avant-garde /drone /field recordings producer Paul Wormhole “Waterfoot” from “Waterfoot” long-form LP [Wormhole World]
  • UK drone /ambient /field recordings /modular synth /sound artist, fields we found “resolve / relate 01” long-form piece [quiet details]
  • German ambient /neo-classical /field recordings /post-minimalism /improvisational /piano artist Lorenz Weber “Kratylos (live)”
  • UK ambient /drone /field recordings sound artist Peter Maynard “Upper Tranquillity Fields” long-form piece [Driftworks]

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